(D) J. Hickenlooper*
(D) Julie Gonzales
(R) Janak Joshi
80%
40%
20%
(D) Jena Griswold
(D) M. Dougherty
(D) Hetal Doshi
50%
40%↓
30%
(D) Jeff Bridges
(D) Brianna Titone
(R) Kevin Grantham
50%↑
40%↓
30%
(D) Diana DeGette*
(D) Wanda James
(D) Milat Kiros
80%
20%
10%↓
(D) Joe Neguse*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(R) Jeff Hurd*
(D) Alex Kelloff
(R) H. Scheppelman
60%↓
40%↓
30%↑
(R) Lauren Boebert*
(D) E. Laubacher
(D) Trisha Calvarese
90%
30%↑
20%
(R) Jeff Crank*
(D) Jessica Killin
55%↓
45%↑
(D) Jason Crow*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(D) B. Pettersen*
(R) Somebody
90%
2%
(R) Gabe Evans*
(D) Shannon Bird
(D) Manny Rutinel
45%↓
30%
30%
DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
80%
20%
DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
(Yeesh – promoted by Colorado Pols) Here’s how the Independence Institute’s Jon Caldara introduced Secretary of State Scott Gessler last week when Gessler appeared on Caldara’s Channel 12 TV show: You know him, you love him, and he rubs so many people the wrong way because you do your job – Scott Gessler. About what […]
AP reports via 9NEWS: Colorado’s election chief says many of the nearly 800 people who registered to vote using a mobile device may not be registered because of a website glitch from Sept. 14 to Sept. 24. Republican Secretary of State Scott Gessler urged those people Wednesday to verify their status and register again if […]
(Priorities. Some edits for typos and front-paging. – promoted by ClubTwitty) I am one of four employees at a small business in Denver. I won’t say which one but we are definitely what you think when you think of a small business. We’re an independent, bricks-and-mortar store (though we do online sales as well) that […]
( – promoted by ProgressiveCowgirl) [Major Update]: As I was contemplating this in the solitude of a car drive in the mountains, I realized that FOX might have buried the lede on this story, and that I followed right along… Did Sec. Gessler induce citizens to unregister as voters? This story was based around the […]
9NEWS’ Brandon Rittiman: Republican Secretary of State Scott Gessler says 141 non-citizens are illegally registered to vote in Colorado but he’s backed off from a divisive plan to hold hearings to challenge their status before November. Non-citizens are ineligible to vote. Gessler says 35 of those previously voted. Rather than remove those people from voter […]
( – promoted by Colorado Pols) For the second time, a Denver District Court Judge has ruled that Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler cannot proceed with new state standards from his office that drastically loosen the requirements for reporting spending and contributions by political committees. On Sept.4th, Judge J. Eric Elliff denied the secretary […]
AP via 9NEWS–clearly this makes it all better! Enter the newest announcement from Gessler’s office: an unprecedented $850,000 ad campaign on television, radio, and in print to encourage Coloradans to register to vote. The ads promote a message that it’s simple to register to vote in Colorado, or to check your registration information for accuracy. […]
As the story unfolded of Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler’s latest attempt to uncover what he has consistently claimed are “thousands” of illegally registered noncitizen voters on the state’s rolls–just the latest iteration of a quest that has dominated Gessler’s agenda for over a year and a half now–we’ve been very careful to not […]
UPDATE: For what it’s worth, the Durango Herald’s Joe Hanel Tweets from the RNC: —– After days of press about Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler’s unswerving focus on tracking down and purging from the rolls what appears to be a tiny number–if any at all–of improperly registered noncitizen voters, Colorado Public Radio’s Megan Verlee […]
(No matter how you feel about Scott Gessler’s quest to purge the voter rolls of a comparatively tiny number of “problem” registrations, it’s not worth the disproportionate damage he’s doing to the GOP brand. This fool’s errand will have electoral consequences, and not the way Gessler had hoped. – promoted by Colorado Pols) POLS UPDATE: […]
UPDATE: 7NEWS, the blowback begins: The American Civil Liberties Union says it is being contacted by U.S citizens who received letters from Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler questioning their right to vote. The ACLU’s Colorado branch said Tuesday the voters are among the nearly 4,000 people who Gessler sent letters to earlier this month […]
Per Ivan Moreno of the Associated Press and Ernest Luning of The Colorado Statesman, Republican Secretary of State Scott Gessler is mailing 4,000 letters to “possible non-citizens,” (Luning quote) asking them to verify their voter eligibility status or remove themselves from the voter rolls. If it seems like Gessler is trying to get someone else […]
Big news breaking late Friday from Denver District Court: In November, 2011, the Secretary instituted a rulemaking process to promulgate new rules to administer and enforce Colorado’s campaign finance and election laws. The new rules became permanently effective on April 12, 2012. Plaintiffs consist of numerous public interest groups, watchdog organizations, and individuals, all of […]
A report today from national NBC News: Scott Gessler isn’t a household name in national politics, but could become famous in a hurry, just as Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris did during the 2000 presidential recount… [A]s Colorado’s Republican secretary of state, elected in 2010, Gessler could have a decisive influence on the November […]
As hearings began today on Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler’s controversial proposed new election rules, including barring the delivery of mail ballots to so-called “inactive–failed to vote” voters who may have simply missed one election, House Democrats led by Rep. Crisanta Duran staked out their staunch opposition. From their release: Rep. Crisanta Duran and […]
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In a blog post yesterday, I offered some fresh examples of how, when Scott Gessler is on right-wing radio, he often sounds just like the right-wing radio host, bashing Democrats. That’s not good, if you’re the Secretary of State, because you’re supposed to be above the partisan fray, at least somewhat, so that people trust […]
(Split to fit…more after the fold – promoted by ClubTwitty) As Secretary of State Scott Gessler’s term drags on, you’d think even the stomachs of conservatives like KOA’s Mike Rosen would turn when Gessler re-launches the partisan attacks he’s been on about since day one in office. Maybe you wouldn’t expect Rosen to be sick […]
An amusing little edit we caught between two versions of an AP story yesterday, discussing Secretary of State Scott Gessler’s top-priority effort to purge Colorado’s voter rolls of an unspecified number of (but maybe a few dozen) illegally registered voters. As published to the Pueblo Chieftain’s website yesterday evening, one version of the lede paragraph: […]
Source: AP The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has given Secretary of State Scott Gessler permission to use SAVE — Systematic Alienation Verification for Entitlements — to check citizenship status on thousands of Colorado voters. The system is currently used by government programs such as Medicaid to determine who is, and who is not, eligible […]
UPDATE: Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler praises the decision in a brief statement: “As Colorado’s chief election official, protecting our elections is my top priority. I’m pleased that DHS has agreed to work with states to verify the citizenship of people on the voter rolls and help reduce our vulnerability. Coloradans deserve to know […]
In your Friday news dump yesterday, this brief AP story: Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler is investigating 85 people who may have been illegally registered to vote. A spokesman for Gessler says jail records are being checked for people being detained as illegal immigrants to see if they match names in the state’s voter […]
On his KOA radio show June 11, Mike Rosen asked Secretary of State Scott Gessler about a paragraph toward the end of a July 10 Denver Post article about Gessler’s efforts to get the Department of Homeland Security review lists of voters. Rosen read a sentence from The Post article stating that 430 people had […]
Westord’s Patricia Calhoun reports that Katie Reinisch, the former director of communications for state House Democrats, is now running a Red Mango yogurt shop near East High School. Calhoun quotes Reinisch’s recommendations, if some of the people she used to see at the state Capitol stop by her store: Secretary of State Scott Gessler, whose […]
Some viral-worthy video of Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler fowarded to us this past weekend, from a speech on “election integrity” he give before the Broomfield 9.12 Group just over a week ago at Sill-Terhar Motors. Here’s a transcript: SCOTT GESSLER: So obviously, this is, uh, we’ve got a big election coming up, and […]
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